Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-30
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ing To allow the Cashier and Roa-
nokc Railroad Company to extend it,
line from Lewiston, BERTHE county. to
Garysburg to incorporate the West
ern North Carolina Land Company to
require certification of the Supreme
Court decisions each Monday to the
clerks of the lower courts to9extend
the time for completing the Thomas
vile and Silver-Valley railroad.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Two resolutions were offered One,
by York, was in regard to the enormous
expenditure of money by the present
national Administration in the prosecu-
ton of violations of the internal-reve-
nue. laws. The other resolution was to
raise special committee to investigate
the expenditures on the Governors
mansion. The latter was adopted.
Mr.. Ewart's bill to create a railway
commission, which was the special order
for last Thursday but was displaced by
the debate on the county-government
bill, WAS made the special order for next
Tuesday.
The Speaker announced the follow
| ing as composing the new Committee
on Labor Interests: York, Pearson,
Bennett, Pritchard, and Schenck.
| THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
There are to be earnest steps taken
TO establish this college in the manner
suggested by the State Farmers Con
yention. Yesterday the special COM
| mittee appointed by the latter body
met with the Legislative committees on
education and discussed the matter at
length. A bill will he prepared and
presented. 1t is fair to assume that
there will be much argument upon it
when it comes up.
NOT WAKE JAIL
1t was Wayne-county Jail, and not
that of Wake, which the desperate pri-
soncrs attempted TO SAW their way ont
of last Wednesday night, when they
were so opportunity discovered and
fOiled.
THE PHOSPHATEwORKS
in this city, which We're burned last
year, are rebuilt and are of Just double
their former capacity, and will resume
work February LIST. They are the only
ones using North Carolina phosphates,
and will prepare seventy-five tons daily,
employing 100 men in the mines and
here. Their mines are ut Castle Hayne,
near Wilmington. Other phosphate
mills are to be started iii the next few
months at other points i'll the State.
TWO FIRES.
". II. POwell's gin, near BattlebOro',
was burned few nights past, with fif-
teen bales Of cotton therein. The loss
is about 81 ,000 Ii was an accidental
fire.
Mr. Lucian Burnett's residence, in
Chatham county, was burned day be-
fore yesterday. The loss is about
5000, with no insurance. A remark
ably small percentage of houses in the
county are insured.
THE CRAvEN-COUNTY CONTEST.
The never-ending election contest in
the Craven-county case yet harnesses the
Senate committee on Privileges and
Elections. The House disposed Of its
case, seating the Republican contestant
(Hussey) in place of Lane Democrat.
The Senate may probably displace
Clark Democrat) by Green (Republi
CAM, though the result cannot yet with
any certainty be predicted OF course
the Senate committee is, lie the
Senate, largely Democratic. The ser
geant-at-alms of tie Senate has brought
many witnesses from Craven county in
this case.
ROBBERY OF A POST-OFFICE.
Burglars entered the post-office at
Lincolnton Wednesday night and stole
all the money therein, as well as every
thing else worth carrying off. There is
no clue to them.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AsHE.
kilograms received here from Wades-
bOro' announced that Associate-Justice |
Thomas S. Ashe was dying. A gentle |
man Just from Wadesboro' brought |
news to-day that such statements were
inaccurate, and that while Mr.. Ashe is
very sick, his physician hopes to see |
him recover speedily. His condi- |
ton shows considerable improvement,
though he is very weak and his stomach
is greatly disordered.
A PoLIcEMAS's SENTENCE.
Last autumn, at Bells Ferry, Pitt
county, man named Cannon was dis
orderly and was arrested by Policeman
G. A. Bland. The latter shot Cannon,
he having resisted and BANDS life be-
ing in evident danger. For this, at
this weeks session of the Pitt county
Superior Court, Bland was convicted
of manslaughter and sentenced to five
years imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary. He has appealed to the Supreme
Court. The latter court meets week
from next Monday.
A STRANGE DEATH.
A letter from Hyde county, received
to-day, tells the news of strange
death near Lake Comfort. in that
county. A young man, Oscar Carowan,
was riding rapidly on horseback along
public road, when hog, reused by
the horses movements, dashed across
the road. The horse struck the hog,
tripped, and fell, crushing Carowan to
death under his body. Caravans
death was nearly instantaneous. His
only words were: "Tell my people
goodbye, for l am gone.
RAILWAY NEWS.
The stockholders OF the North Caro-
lima Midland railroad meet at Winston
February 10th. At that time it is ex-
pected that the plans Of the Richmond
and Danville road with regard TO the
Midland will be formulated and an
nounced.
The architect and warden OF the peni-
Tertiary has Just returned from trip
over the route OF the proposed railway |
from some point on the Raleigh and |